When gnome used less resources than vista...
https://redd.it/cblm07
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Arm CPUs and software

So I plan on getting the pinebook pro once it releases, and I'm curious what do people think of arm on Linux? Plan on either running what it comes with or manjaro arm. What's the software availability like?

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Support for ACPI CPPC2 (for Ryzen 3000) in cpufreq?

I am not a Linux expert, so please forgive and correct me if I say something wrong here.

With the Skylake architecture Intel added something branded as [SpeedShift](https://www.anandtech.com/show/9751/examining-intel-skylake-speed-shift-more-responsive-processors) which is enabled by using the [intel_pstate cpufreq](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/513330/does-linux-kernel-support-intel-speed-shift) driver with HWP enabled. This technology allows the OS to hand control of P-states back to the processor so the processor selects what P-state it is in. This reduces the time taken to transition between states when a load is applied.

Now with the Ryzen 3000 series, AMD has added similar functionality called "[Collaborative Power Performance Control 2 \(CPPC2\)](https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/glenn/category/glenns-tech-insights/)". Sorry for the article, it's the only I could find that discussed this in detail. This appears to be an ACPI spec, not a proprietary implementation (?). With that in mind, AMD's recent focus on open-source software, and the fact that AMD does not have a custom cpufreq driver, I would expect support for this feature to be rolled into the default cpufreq.

Has there been any discussion about adding CPPC2 support for hardware P-state control to cpufreq? If it already exists, how would I turn it on? [Here is a patch](https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7539651/) that enables it for ARM only, but I can't find anything about enabling this for x86 - probably because this is the first(?) x86 processor release to support this.

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RoyalTS Linux Equivalent

Hi all,

I've done a fair bit of looking online but can't seem to find a solid answer to my query.

I'm looking for a Linux equivalent to Royal TS because as much as I love working in command line I simply prefer a more structured GUI layout to manage my RDP, SSH, Telnet sessions. I also like that Royal TS on Windows can autocomplete logins for certain webpages that I bookmark on there.

Aside from the obvious "use commandline" suggestions; I've seen and looked at Remmina and it still doesn't complete my needs nor is is anywhere near as polished as Royal TS.

So I look to my community brethren and ask - is there anything I've missed that is close to the polished state of Royal TS that I can use on linux?

I look forward to seeing everyones answers.

https://redd.it/cbpreg
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Simple way to switch ON Caps & Num lock in Linux Mint
https://www.tecdig.com/visual-indicator-for-caps-lock-and-num-lock/

https://redd.it/cbq5cd
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Media Server Tips Wanted: Originally posted in r/LinuxServer
https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxServer/comments/cbrfzw/very_basic_questions_sorry_in_advance/

https://redd.it/cbrosn
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Samba will have SMB1 disabled by default with upcoming v4.11

> SMB1 is disabled by default
> ----------------------------------------

> The defaults of 'client min protocol' and 'server min protocol' have been changed to SMB2_02.

> This means clients without support for SMB2 or SMB3 are no longer able to connect to smbd (by default).

> As Microsoft no longer installs SMB1 support in recent releases or uninstalls it after 30 days without usage, the Samba Team tries to get remove the SMB1 usage as much as possible.

> SMB1 is officially deprecated and might be removed step by step in the following years. If you have a strong requirement for SMB1(except for supporting old Linux Kernels), please file a bug at https://bugzilla.samba.org and let us know about the details.

ref: https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.11.0rc1.WHATSNEW.txt

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Simplest way to switch ON visual indicator for Caps lock | Linux Mint
https://www.tecdig.com/visual-indicator-for-caps-lock-and-num-lock/

https://redd.it/cbrcqn
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Like Linux? Then don’t buy Dell’s new XPS 13.
https://medium.com/@asmichx/like-linux-then-dont-buy-dell-s-new-xps-13-78952ae8e8bd?source=---------2------------------

https://redd.it/cbtg0u
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Akademy 2019 schedule is now available: Virtual Reality, AIs and the future of KDE's goals are just some of the topics we'll be talking about
https://dot.kde.org/2019/07/11/akademy-2019-talk-schedule-out

https://redd.it/cbtacc
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Best Linux Networking Tools That You Should Know - via Julia Evans
https://redd.it/cbufn7
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ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v5.3 now available! In my personal experience, ONLYOFFICE has been the most compatible with MS Office unlike LibreOffice and WPS.
https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2019/07/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-v-5-3-all-recent-features-are-now-available-offline/

https://redd.it/cbu6c7
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Manjaro. Second monitor don't detecting.

Manjaro.

My second monitor just don't work .

On windows 10 it works.

​

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xrandr -q

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Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767

eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm

1920x1080 60.01\*+ 59.93 47.10

1680x1050 59.95 59.88

1400x1050 59.98

1600x900 60.00 59.95 59.82

1280x1024 60.02

1400x900 59.96 59.88

1280x960 60.00

1368x768 60.00 59.88 59.85

1280x800 59.81 59.91

1280x720 59.86 60.00 59.74

1024x768 60.00

1024x576 60.00 59.90 59.82

960x540 60.00 59.63 59.82

800x600 60.32 56.25

864x486 60.00 59.92 59.57

640x480 59.94

720x405 59.51 60.00 58.99

640x360 59.84 59.32 60.00

DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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What to do?

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Clearing disk errors (or SMART complaints) for Linux software RAID arrays
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SoftwareRaidClearingDiskErrors

https://redd.it/cbvose
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GNOME Software disables Snap plugin
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/O4CMUKPHMMJ5W7OPZN2E7BYTVZWCRQHU/

https://redd.it/cbweb5
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Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet
https://gto76.github.io/python-cheatsheet/

https://redd.it/cbwokj
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Best way to organize configuration files

I generally like to run Linux on many machines, and often need to create VMs as well. I have a lot of conf files (e.g. .vimrc, .bash_aliases) that I've spent years tweaking. Right now I have them all on a Dropbox folder and just source them from the local config files. I feel like there has to be a more efficient way to do this. I've seen some people actually set up a git repo for these files. Any other suggestions?

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neofetch on a teletype
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePZjoSUMsSw

https://redd.it/cbwijm
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bcachefs status update (it's done cooking; let's get this sucker merged) [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20190610191420.27007-1-kent.overstreet@gmail.com/

https://redd.it/cc0l28
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Failing flash drives

Has anyone else had a large amount of flash drives fail? I have used dd, rufus, [etcher.io](https://etcher.io) and many more but still find that after flashing a few different distros (\~5) the flash drive won't work properly anymore and becomes read only. Is this just the reality of flash storage? If so, what's a good alternative that is portable but can handle being formatted often?

https://redd.it/cc1dz0
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How did you get "good" at linux?

How did you get into linux and when did you become good at understanding it?

I've been learning to use various types of ubuntu-related OS for a few years now, but never really learned any behind the scenes stuff.

https://redd.it/cc1vgw
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